Important points from the interview in the thread below:
1. This is a joint statement, not an agreement - Pashinyan in an interview with the Public TV Channel of Armenia
1. This is a joint statement, not an agreement - Pashinyan in an interview with the Public TV Channel of Armenia
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2. The main factor in signing the joint statement is that if I had not signed it, Stepanakert would have been captured, and 20-30 thousand soldiers would have been surrounded - Pashinyan
3. You ask why I didn’t discuss this with parliament or someone else. The decision had to be made in a matter of hours - Pashinyan
(N.B. Armenia has a parliamentary system)
(N.B. Armenia has a parliamentary system)
4. This is a document not about land surrender, but about preserving what was possible to preserve - Pashinyan
5. We can tear this document up and throw it. But you need to think about the consequences. I have not heard about proposed ways of rejecting this document - Pashinyan
6. Now the discussion as such is just about to begin, and this discussion is of a diplomatic nature. It will in fact last for a long time - Pashinyan
7. The war showed that the army needed more special forces - Pashinyan
8. I clearly state that Russia's position on Karabakh has not changed over the past 4.5 years. That is, Russia's position is now the same as it was 4.5 years ago. I say this officially. The relations between Russia and Armenia did not influence this position - Pashinyan
9. There are many myths around the fall of Shushi. For example, when we knew about the loss of Shushi, I was given information that 50 of our fighters are still there. I asked to find the contact of the informant and then it turned out that he was in Stepanakert, not Shushi - NP
10. After the fall of the city, there were two attempts to retake it. One unsuccessful, the other successful and our units has entered the city and settled inside. But they did not reach to success - Pashinyan
11. We still had to yield something else if not Shushi to stop the hostilities - Pashinyan
12. The destroyed houses in the territories that have remained with us will be restored, investments will be made, conditions for a good life created. There will be no road communication problems between Armenia and Karabakh. Roads will be safe thanks to Rus. peacekeepers - NP
13. Russian peacekeepers have been deployed to ensure the safety of life in Karabakh - Pashinyan
14. The main task now is to ensure internal stability in the country - Pashinyan
15. Our army and state must change institutionally - Pashinyan
16. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV/drones) and mobile groups won this war - Pashinyan
17. The military-industrial complex and high technologies should become the leading sphere of our economy - Pashinyan
18. The change of power in a democratic country has specific mechanisms - Pashinyan on his resignation
19. The signed document does not imply the opening of borders with Turkey - Pashinyan
20. We want alternative roads to Russia and a railroad with Iran: Pashinyan on what the signed document can give the Armenian side
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